Where can section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 be exercised in shared areas of dwellings? – a new Preventing Future Deaths report has raised this question after a Coroner stated officers did not “understand that their powers under section 136 MHA 1980 applied to persons in a communal space within private accommodation.” Let’s get the […]

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A short page / resources page of the section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 data published by the Home Office for each financial year since proper records began (2016). I was motivated to do this for my own benefit, mainly! – it’s so frustrating having to Google search or blog search and then not easily […]

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The UK Government has today announced a call for evidence, to inform the mental health strategy for England within a new ten-year health plan. Government press release Ten Year Health plan: executive summary Call for evidence document Online survey – where you submit your views. We have until the 10th July 2026 to make our […]

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